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A T TO K.YJ'J YS. a. .hi. ii. owtRR. I., r. voeS, OfffiXl & noou, ,i r rui:x:ys a TLA ir, California, Miisourl W1I.T, practice ill the Circuit Cooftl Of Monit. ;iu, Miller, t'ettis, Johnson, Gole, f neper. Morgan and Oaind.n counties, and in t' B Di-trlot court mnl the Supreme com t atJt-lT-raon City. Co!lcclvtpr,t'tly miU i'lrmtghnut ml tl M JOM W. mull, iQTUI V. n llXUMS nioour. & w ILLIAMt, a rropyxys .1 r ia w, California. Missouri, WtLti attend In all bturlnssa entrusted In them frith ptOttiptne. Rtip Melltv, Bpocial ate i.ticn friven to I'ollcciinn, and al' MUtr relating t, Real Estate, IJfOfto la tbe Court Boom, ri'tf. oT i. Aiun a. iiiinr) a. nour, ATToKNLYS AT LAW, CALIFORNIA, ------ MO Will attend to ill business sppfTtalnlni to their profoss-eon in the Courts of Central Mis ouri. Special attention Riven to collection, 4. office In tho Coon book. Hi? A. . BVIiER, ATTORNEY A T LA ir, Ca'.ifsrda, SE:5urI. Wtf.L ppMHdott in the several Court, of the Firm Judicial ciicuit. Collections and other hunlnem entnuterl to life rare will receive prompt attention, OFFICE In Court hoiiM, v. yt. sjortno. A TTORlfEY . r .a i; , CaMfjmla, H'csssrl. WILL ptsettee in the sovoral Courts ol MonltMU Co., nd adjoining Coantlee, Also In the Supreme Court of the Slut,', and In the Circuit anil District CntrM of tho Dulled States, Wiil pay special attention to oollcc-tion of Hack Fay, Bounty, Pensions, he. All business entrusted to him will receive prompi stuntion, H O T I I S 7"' IIAZ5.I.I. HOUSE. ICTLY OIM'OSITK RAtl.ROAU I'UPOT, rirrox, mo. COLE k KKLLKY Prnpriotors, MPLtXTF.RS HOUSE. A shout liliTAXCll south or Tint nrroT. MBforiU K.sssuri. ). n.TOLT.K. Proprietor. TIIK proprietor having rented the nhovo named house. It is now opon lor the accommodation ol the traveling public, ami ho hope." lir strictly at-teuditiB tho wants of Ms- irtiests, to merit iiia share of patronage, Hills moder Bt c, ,' 60-if. U. a. KHEPAalO, zsgSggluS OAI.irOFcNIA, MO. Ico X E, comer pnhllo h i aver J, ! Wood's Store, r. C. :. F.5.V, 3DE1STXIST, TlVTOlf, MISSOURI, Offers h! profession tl services to the i.,ii of Tipton arid vicinity. All work i iiited. 89ly, cltl wur J T. Bi IIR1T ('RAT & R 3 .'Tpi. a J. K'.'SSM. Physlcis. ns nnd Surgootis. Olncu one door south of J, D..Woorl' store, tidurf-tloiiso Square, -i-;iy 1 FRATK UESfT IBEH AND I1AII ;I3 DKE8SER, unk 1 :- '.YKSI or TUR RANK Oallfornla, .issoar!. PIIAVIM), Bhanipoontng, Whiskers Hair oolorad in the most Rpprovod stylo GE0a3B ROE5, LUMB EH MF.RC II ANT. California, Mo. A largo lot of lumber of nil klmls kept con- atantly on hand, Orders solicited. Oflieo ami Yard noar RallrpQiI Pop"!. INSURE WITH THE TRIUMPH I.VS VXMJVV IS V OM i . IYT, CINCINNATI, OHIO. Cash Capital ovor - $500,000 J. B. BENNETT, VrtfoW, O. E.IUIIiD, Agent, Oallforrils, Mo. Office in the Court house. 49 New Furniture store. C- :f neichwits, has Httptl un th Blaferoon rooontly ocou- nted by I. F. Uotttorlv, noxtdoor to MmichV n4VMMlhop, north of t tie Court homo ; ami linn rcostnod 11 Urso mnl varied itMortmsnt of OABINKT KURMTUKK, tool d I UK nil ftrtldci usually enbrftOfd In the tnnle. Bflgoodfl ftffl tho H.'si Iflnlerial, Superior Workmanship, and raost FasSiionabZe Styles. Would roipuotftiUy Infom tho publio tli:it ho In still r.roniuvil to furnish UKA.DY MADK COFFIN'S, of all llSQP, and ftpprOVOd styles, mad of the bMt Blnok Walnht and othor lumbers All ordor H 1 1 pvniptly nml on hod notieo, as cheap as can be done any where. B8 WILLIAM F. M E Y E R FA Sill ON A R L E TA ILOll, (South-west corner of tho Public Square.) alifornla, Missouri. ITrta on hand u laflti ItOCk of C LOTUS, US1MB&SS, RB4DI-MADH CLOTHING 1 He Is also prepared to cut and make all kinds of eVeiiff emen'a Clollilitf;, in the Best & Must Fashionable Style California liode, NO, 1H3 A. F. k A. MASONS. reohegular Conimunicationcvcry fourth Satur Uinamonth, at their Hall, N. C. Rick. W. M. E.idir, Bec'y WILLIAM MEYER. OARPENTIjR AND BUILDER. California, Missouri. Shop on slain stivel, caBt of Smith's Wagon and Carriage Factory JIEJ0I' JtIMK!VOFFIjrS kept constantly on hand, or made to order, of all styles, and at low rate. FINAL SETTLEMENT. "VTOTICK Is lureh.v given that the undersign--lied administrator of the Batata of l'Vltv Fry, deceased, will apply at the licit term of the Probate Court of Moniteau County, to Be held in the Court House in California, for a final settlement ol UU accounts as admiimtra-tor of said estate. KRANOIG M. KUV, Admr Moniteau I-t- E. HXJKTTIlSrOTOTSr, EDITOR, VOL. 7. ' tSWtANS k 8URQK0X8. oKl'lilts tlietr profeMtoni serrleel to the eltlsetlS ol t'ulifonii.1 and virinitv. t'alll in tin- ',y or oountry ptomptly attended to, lilher In day 01 uigbt, DfflCi itwHb of 1'lan-en Holme. .Wis. f. UAnjVm atst, MILLINER AND DRESS-MAKER, Out I)mr .VorlA of AnJM Star, High Strict Cuir-nMA, Mo. !I(iir-work, l?l Baling, nr Jvamptnr,; done tr iirder. J. M. HARD T, OENFRAL DBAI.BR IN OR A IK, RfACIIIlVBIIY AGRICULTURftf " IPLEMETNS. i ltd: now cm h:inil n v.irietv of" the rerv heat PLOWS, REAPERS MOWERS, ijient lor the following Insurance Compa llir. rig : EqtUtnblo, (HfelJfeaj Vork,Mets, 15,00n, fino ; American Central, (Ufa) Capital Btook, $1,871! 000) Anchor, (Firo) Capital S-,nc'., 5tH),MH), t i; rnoae aanting Agricultural imp. nii-iit or Insurance will Jo well to call on J, It. Krir.lv. 4,-tf maw goods. J. 0. EffliffARDT, ITas Jii'tst tec, ivel a new stock ol floods, R'dee- ted with cre:it cmc from the hrst in the Mar- t, am! ihercfhre TkeRest Assortment Krcr brought to tho city, conststlnfftn part of IDT."- GOODS, OROCERfEB, BOOTS efi Siloes. HATS i CAPS, FURNISHING GOODS, 4to. Store south of Pcpot. Til R 'S i I V c r T o n r u e OEiO-isrs, MANL'ACTtTRKn DY M3, 14.1 i 117 Ka t 'air.tl Street, New York. F.aTAnttsnin in 1846, Renponallile pnrttes npplytng for ngonolos m leotloui till unHuppUed.will receive proront ttf-ution and liberal Ittdnaeraont'n. Pertlea residing at a dUtitnoe from our authorUed 'titi may order rroin our laetory. Bond lor ll us tm ted prleo lint. JOTLXlx WOOD respectfully asfea the attention of lili old ouetoinura nnd the public to the fart hat he U itill on hand at tho Oil BaUblithed dtand. Korthpaat comer ol Courtdiouae Scfuttre with a full i-tiick and ABSfltinent ol New and Seasonable Goods oonslsttng of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, BOOTS AND SHOES, Hats Caps itv. with other Articles usually kept on salo In a well managed Store nil of which ho is rcad.t to OXCliehgQ lor Cash or Product! at)low price::. Abo, constantly on hand at his FURNITURE STORE, Bureaus. Tables. Bedsteads, Chairs, Safes, fee,, with all klnna of Furulsulng Guod.. Dooetnbar, 17'. ;;ltf AMERICAN INSURENCE COMPANV OF CHICAGO ILLINOIS. ORGANIZED, A. D. 1840. The wheel of time i pflwlni tbfl rnmpnny along th roud of Hie rapidly steadily, and SUeoeflSfttlly. From this point in it? journey let us took back at its record of 1S71, a year of tine unparalted In the htatOTy of men. It is known that in a single, night hundreds of millions of property wero destroyed In t he treat city of Chlbagn, and scores of our beet insurance comp;iiie.i were ruined. Ttuohgli the oenral destruction of property the "OLD AMKlilCAN" has tri'.impliant'y pasted unburt it Is asked why did not tho old company meet the faro of .so many Others, then eojuftlly solvent ? The answer is re .id" at hand : Simply because nothing but dwelling houses, bars and their contents, farm proper tv, churches, nnd school houses, are insured. No ooi)flagratlon imaginable can ever ruin the "Old American." To-day the xtronfjeti Farmer;' Insuranca Company In the world. Ve would respectfully solicit the patronage of all having property of the above class. McOOilMIC k SOIIXNCK, District Agents for Moniteau, Movfan, Cooper, Cole aixl Osutjc Counties. Ageits wanted in each of the above named counties. Call on or addresst CHAS. McCOliMJC, Office with 0. M. Gordon, Bit., iriO California, Mo. LIVERY STABLE FOUNTAIN & BISHOP. having purchased of Pavid Bishop, the old Established Stable and Stock, on Oak Street, i, prepared to continue the busiues, of keeping a Livery, Feed nnd Sale, STABLE. He has, at all times, for hire, SADDLE AND BUGGY HOUSES. HACKS, Eic. on reasonable terms. Mo has taken special pains to select home, with regard to salety, as well as speed uid gait. II is Stable is comfortable, with an ample supply of good water, making it very desirable for boarding horses by the duy week or month. 6; IT OALiFOBM A. MISSOURI, THURSDAY, 3$ Pti-iiB.i.iy.- t,.- v,..,a j - fvu of nt". 5 IS AM ADVOCATE OK Sound Republican Principles, An exponent of ndvnncecl thought nnd progressive politics, and a newipnper fully up to the require incuts of the time ;is n chronicle of current events at homo m.l abroad the world's history, it"; commerce nml its literature. It will be trnc to the mission of a great newspaper seeking to teach I he highest nnd best principles in politics, and to till, as to all other ile-partments within its columns, tho poet's measure of "A map of bmy life, Its fluctuations nml Its vast concerns." TERMS: DAILY. 7 tlmc3 a week, per year en no 0 " 1 12 OK) 3 copies 1 club, 11 03 00 5 copies 1 club, " ' m Oo Any additional number 3io jo each. TBI-WEEKLY. 1 copy out) year $ 0 00 3 oopics l efub, per year ir oo 8 " " 27 00 10 " " 11 " to 00 Any additional number o each. WKBKLY. Slnglo copies $3 00 Clubs of B, each i 78 Clubs oflO. each 1 r,0 Any additional number $i ro each, On these very low rates vc will give all agents who get up clubs for ns a liberal commission. Ccn' 1 .'. . Apt,,, i r lars and instructions to agents. No papers sent unless paid for in advance. Money sent to ns in registered letters, money orders, drafts, or by express, at our risk. Address, St. Louis Democrat Co., St. I.oula. Look A Cliiotuo, at tho Premiums ! "Our Darling," to eve Subscriber. FOB, 1373, OODEY'S LAD Y'S BOO K. Tho OlAttt Uajaz'r.o la Aasrioa, FN I ARBLL E LED P 1 ! K M I u J r. One never olfcrcd by any tnagastne, pttbor in thlaaonntry or in E.arope, Since wc are forced into this bualiioaji, as we are datarmluod to make it difficult for others to follow us, Let us see who will conic up to this I A Miror.io - " OH! DARtilXG " To every subscriber, whetlicr single or In a club Terra. (ne copy one year - $;t ml Two copies one year . .1 00 Three copies one year - 7 on Four copies one year - - - - luuu Five copies one year, and un extra copy to the person getting up the club' making six copies. M 00 Fight copies, ono year, and an extra copy to the person getting up the club making nine copies. 21 00 Kleven eqptet, ono year, and an extia copv to the person getting up the club, making twelve copies. 27 ,10 Twenty-throe copies, one joar, and an extra copy to tho parson getting up the club, making twenty, sour copies 85 00 Let it be understood that, everv Retbsorlbar. and the getter up of a-club, w ill have the beautiful ChronKI of "OTT.H, 15-A.E.LllSrGi-" Sent to them, free of Postage? (IT IS A PiltFHOT DlJOU.) The price of the Chrome iu the ator.'B is Three Dollars, And any suhseri cer in a club, Of single subscriber, who may wish to have " Om D inuMi" mounted on stiff llii-tol hoard, and ready lor IValtmng, can have it so prepared and sent by remitting twenty-live cents extra at the. time of subscribing. To the getter up of a club of 6 or 0 copies, we will send an exUa premium, a copy of "The tiller" or the "The Acceptance" This in addition to " Our Hurling." To the getter up of a club of 12 copies, we will send both ot the Ohromoa " The Offer" and Tbo Acceptance," along with "Our Dulling" or "Asking a lllisiing" and "Our Darling." VeThe premiums arc only forwarded when the remittance Is sent to us. fSfWhcn the subscribers all reside at ono place, the premiums will all bo suit to tho person who sends the club for distribution' DfTThe person Bonding $;i,uo eun havo his choice of " Tho Offer," " The Acceptance," or " Our Darllne." tSTThe money must be sent at ono time for any ot the clubs, and additions may be made to clubs at olub rutoa. The LADY'S HOOK will be aent to any post-ollicu where the subscriber may reside, and subscriptions may oomince with any month In tho year. We can always supply buck numbers, kpcc'tmsn numbers will be scut on i-ccotpl uf 25 cents, HOW TO UK MIT. In remitting by Mail, a PosT-orrcs Okpkh on Philadelphia, or a Diiakt on Philadelphia or Em York, payable to the order of L. A. CODKV, is preferable to bank notes. It a draft or a Post-office Order cannot bo procured, send United States or National Dauk Notes. Address L, A. CODEY. un: MissoiiRtt M:,-iisi,.'n'KK. '' i 'Co'lctfJIS" t;i .! n-.l y ,:,l,io ' li-tp iii tho Work of cxixumiir tin- li....-.vii. of thBJJSTcti-ll'o'.oiK of tho S'iatr;:il IlrilicrJ l&jvi'st ignt in- Con. in; (,.,-, n-,. enn noijBp' less tlnui second " ' ': " ' '" ''M the lift, r its.1,-ss-' : t' e M,sft L (-:.,!., I:, re. ' t" Cm - .'luiioii!, w lu.v, ji!r.'n.ly !' J!'.-.!, it r.'ilta clitoriu !i fn.tii l.'.t..ri '! I lidiig , ,-, the fm- 'c,,.,tllJSSOJts.,l, i it,,,,,-. tl'.o M- ot" inn n-ifStv ,v. ,,.,.. the Moborty Mo ', all of which pro- n ounce the inrot Won n force, and I bewails its infiu, on the Demoeraov , ol the State. Tel it might have ndded tho testira) tho IVtempbis JlerrWe, ':.! .. ! , 1 "Tlio majority of Ric committee have i completely waihed oit the dirty linen i which has been baadhg abonl the well- I ron&ded form of Colonel Bogy ever sinoe hia election. Tho ponxmittO sny they 'find no ovii'eneo, either directly or indirectly, to ffimitiate the Senator I eleft, Hon, L, V. Bogy, and we fully i exonerate him.' Tho majority report iH ; nothing more tli.i has been anticipated for some time, we nro not prepared to say that votes we-e bottght for Mr. Horry, lint we nro will convinced tinil t!i" Democrntie party f this State eonld not afford to acknowledge such to lio the met. Indoed, from tho very day the committee wits rased there lets been an immense pressure brought tn bear to make the investigation ns light as poa FtlAe. The mot important witnesses were lot off on nrrcnend denial of knowing nothing of the matter, while Oen. Don-is and others were nevor brought np for examination at till. Poor D6rria i.--. charged with an attempt to bribe two other members." Tho Richland Sentinel, whose ardor in the Democrntie faith has never been questioned, joins in the general complaint as follows : "Nothing could be more short-sighted on the part of the members of that committee than a partial, unsatisfactory report. Whnt object could we have in covering up crime ? Would it in any way advance the interest of the Reform Movement'? It would be the shortest road to its destruction. Would it advance the interests of our government ? It would be simply aiding those who lire "'"""iy striking 4ljr blows at the very vitals of tho nation. Let US have a new committee. Let us have a tlior- OUgll searching investi; lotion. Let those punishment due 3 vindication duo Implicated receive the outraged justiee, or tl njnred innooenoe," The Hillsborough (Jefferson County; Democrat, while endeavoring to take a neutral position, admits : "As the ease stands now, Bogy is under suspicion, to say the least ; and us there is no occasion for haste In closing tho investigation, we think the committee should bo discharged, so long as there ia any prospect f getting now evidence."The Lebanon Chronicle, referring to the report started by the Republican that Bogy, although publicly asking for an investigation, neeretly opposed it a report which our contemporary on Sunday repeated its willingness to vouch for says : "Bogy is not yet satisfied, no wants another investigation to satisfy the people concerning Senator Headlee's minority report. The reason ho appears so anxious is only for effect, however, knowing that any investigating committee that may be appointed by tho Legislature Will do nothing more than the present ono has done that i, simply to screen him, or any one else who may bo guilty, from exposures. Do give us a rest from such shames." The Lexington Caucasian, with its' usual independence, publishes tho following editorial advertisement for the benefit- of its Democratic readers : "Wanted I3y a Democratic Legislature, at Jefferson City, 600,000 political whitewash -brushes, each capable of sweeping over a half acre of scouudrelis-tic stains at a single stroke. Apply immediately to tho 'Rcf orni'-yelping Bogus Investigators." The, Nodaway Democrat says : "Some of our readers probably wonder that they do not see moro legisla tive news, but they will no doubt bo more surprised to learn that getting railroad passes, introducing bills of no importance, voting daily newspapers to the members, nnd drawing pay regular ly, is about all that has boon done at Jofler8on this winter. Tho people of this county would like to boo the Legis lature adjourn at once." The Mexico Intelligencer, another well-known Democratic organ, soya : "The two Houaea of the Legislature are dragging their alow length along, just ns though there was no pressing necessity for legislation, and aa though the people 'of tho State had no other tax to pay, save that which is nocessary to the support of a uo-uothiug Legislature. Whether it is for want of dilligenoo and industry, or for want of ability iu the aggregate, or from a wanton disposition to prolong the session, or to necessitate an adjourned session, we will not pre siH it, tliesc lav of Journal. ITERMS- Sl.CO, IIST ADVANCE MARCH 0, 187; 1 ,,,,mif,.,, Olid Unit ia, that BOtntMNtite- ly iiotliinrr ha i hen dotM no far, nnd wo are left almost with hope thai nny legislation of Importance v,ii! hp effected hc-(ete tile finnl inljoninmotit. "Qiu rr Wouldn't Mm,miri lo well to dispense with nil Utgialation for the not ten years ? " St. Louis Vcmovrat. THB C11KDIT MoltlUKi;. On July 1, lMi2, congn ss passed a law Incorporating the "Union Pacific railroad company" ami to aid he enterprise gave the company large iracis oi public lands ami nil oancil it. fix per cent S. hnndatn ie delivered to it as sections of fbrtv 1 miles ol lilt! road were coiim ete.-l of tho rood all.l c.i.l bor,lo flrst mortgage on the railroad and nil other property of the company. Furthermore, till compensation lor services rendered the government were to go to payment Ol ,s:iid bonds Alld interest. On July '2nd, 1 m! ! this net WOS repealed through the effort, of the company. The government gave up its first nnd took a second mort-gnge on the road, and provided that only half the compensation for services rendered the government should be set apart lor payment ol the bonds. At the time ol the passage of this net there wns in Penn SyTvanin a sort of speculating com- pany, oalleri the "rennnylvania Vt- d Agency, whose charter allowed its incorporators to do almost anything. This ngency was bought bv a number of shrewd stockholders of the Union Pacific ami its title was changed to the "Credit Mobilier of America." Forthwith tlice stockholders and officers of the Union Pacific railroad company, contracted with themselves as the Credit Mobilier, to build the Union Pacific road. As the Union Pacific wns receiving mil lions from the government in the shape ol United States bonds, nnd other millions from the sale of its own first mortgage bonds and from the proceeds of slock fold, money to nny the Credit Mobilier for its labors was abundant, Thus money was ladled out of the Union Pacific into the Credit Mobilier treasury or out of the pockets of the stockhold ers nnmr into tin ir pockets ngnin Every cent, paid Into tho Union Pacific treasury above the bare cost I of construction was paid over to the I Credit Mobilier, thus rendering the dividends of the latter miraculously I large amounting to about '270 per, cent. As above stated, by the act of' duly 1st, ISOi it was provided that only half the compensation lor ser- vices rendered the government should go to pay the boi.ds instead of all such compensation as by net of July 1st, 1862, Tho Secretary of the Treasury contended that the other half ol such compensation should go to pay the interest on said bonds, but the Union Pacific com pany insisted that it should be paid In money to themselves the Union Pacific, . s,, the Credit Mobilier. Here was a tangle, which the shrewd stockholders determined to unweave to suit their own interests, by fixing the matter by legislation. Congressmen had to tic won over. The scheme was to sell Credit Mo bilier stock 'enormously valuable to congressmen at par, allowing them the dividends duo on the stock as part payment for the stock itself in stead of the cash. Thus congress men were absolutely given shares in the Credit Mobilier in other words wero bribed for their votes in lavor of the company's measures. For instance, a member bought twetitv shares at par or for $2,000 oni which ' there wa.s already due a dividend of 80 per cent. He just paid the dif ference between this dividend due and the $2,000 with interest added, or ho paid $534 72 for the $2,000. That is he got $2,000 for $084 72 ; therefore $2,000 less $534 72, which is $1405 28, were given to him. Rut as the $2,000 of stock was worth 200 per cent abovs par while it was sold to him at par, ho really cot KMvu, logeiner w in me net value ,rooo .1 '.! .1 . , o 00 per cer t, uiv ucnu uueon saut stock, worth 141 bonds 97, being tl ... : oiic.fl-700 (uL u:.C ho paid $,)3-i: 72, or about 8 per cent, of itw real vtdue. The procedure is a trifle intricate, but by study can be easily oompro-hended. It will be seen the transaction had the appearance of fairness and legitimacy, and could not be reached by legal prosecution, but was in reality n shrewd way of bribing members of congress. The result was a law was passed in March, 1871, giving half the compensation for services rendered the government, to tho railroad company or the Credit Mobilier, which in right and justice should have gono to pay iutercst on the government bonds. Tho sum amounted to between four nnd six million dollars, all of which the people are swindled out of by these sharpers. now Indians ARE CHKATEr), Congress gave, as one approprla, i Hon for the encouragement ami neccs- I !ties of the roterVO, the sum of$100, jf'00. This spiendod donation was I transferred, by legislative blundering , to the care nml tender mercies of distant and uusynipatblalng OQIMlle : sinners, who bought with It, for tho I use of the resorvo, n large quantity of j material, which after many months' b l.iv. at length reached there. The selection of the goods, il will be ob-i served, had been made without coun-i eel With IllOSe Who, hating been on no- iwavrve irom its Inrth, were thereby so well qualified to lodge of what was required in a q wHur., aftfli- tiy ami suiiamotu'.a , 10 do ueii inero, a ooara 01 oincors ' was ordered to convene, at (ho In I stnuoo of Oen. Csrleton, I believe to j examine ami report upon them. Jusl as on military supplies received by ! officers. Thi had not been the ense before; i goods supplied by Hie Indian Department had always been received by the Indian agents, with tho same com- tnctldoblo liberality and absence ,,f I troublesome Investigation into in-! voices which characterized their die- 1 trtbutloU to Indians, who are not in i the habit of entering nny written pro- j 'est. or forwarding charges and BpoC' mentions tor maucasance, ngainti I their agents, i was proscut uuring the examination ol these goods, and carefully noted the expressions of astonishment nnd disgust which por-mealed the speech and visages of the members of the board during the In- vcstlgatlon, No language can do justice to tho Ingenuity with which parties have managed to relieve their stores of a largequanltly of rusty, old fashioned, unserviceable nnd unsuitable plows. loft-Iron spades, rakes and hoes, knives andhatohots, coarse, gaudy calicoes and muslin, thin and , tliinsy, shoddy cloth and blankets, I particular recollected the blankets, because 1 took one pair to tho scales, and by accurate weight found they j weighed tour and half pounds; and as a single government blanket, such as is issued to troops weighs live and a : half pounds, and costs $1 60, tho i reader can judge of the honesty of an I ii,o.;- wMok Uf.igtl tjQ'J V"'v j for such articles, The labors of the . board closed by sending for the post stith-r, a gentleman of acknowledged rccititude, extensive commercial experience, well posted in current market prices, and requesting him to render them an estimate ol the prob able value of the articles nresonted. His answer, after a careful survey of tho entire lot, was- "Out here, they ; were worth about 980,000." So some-I body made !i7(l,(i!:n easily, and also added another link to the long chain j of Indian complications, forged by ', our unwise and unjust Indian policy, : and to tho traditional distrust of the Indians for the white man's honesty. - Overland Honesty. RATHER MIXED. From the Ilckinnn (Ky.,) Courier. A family ol this county afford the j following labyrinthian problem of relationship, which wc submit for : the solution ol the curiously dis-I posed : James Threlkold, m v father, mar- rled Miss Linnie P. Maddox ; Geo. D. Threlkeld, my nephew, married Miss Addie ! wile's sister. Maddox, my father's my liiuicr iniH unit- : I ,lr 1, , cl, I,,-,- ,! I.IV.,1 1.1 V u III, 'Ml, , .001 111 , nephew has children by his present wile my step mother's sister. Loth j my father and nephew wero previ-: ously married and have children by their lust wives. 1 am puzzled to kll0W lll0 relationship which now exists Between my miner s ami my nephew's children to each other and to myself. Further, my sisters, Nannie and Melissa Threlkeld, married father and son (W. 1). Alexander, and his son, K. M. Alexander.) Therefore, father and son becamebrothers-in-law. Geo. B. Threlkeld'i my nephew first wife was a Miss Alex- " antler Wi l. Alexanders niece , nml M. Alexander's cousin. Ceo - B Threlkeld, by ids first marriage, became his atari f-ither's nanhV 1 ut,imo step-Winers nepnew, and by his second marriage became his step father's uncle, and also great uncle to his step-brother, and his step-brother became his uncle by marriage with his present wife my sister. The question of relationship between the families is the point we arc anxious to have solved. George Washington was once at a dinner party where his host had set him with his back to a fiery red hot stpve. Finding it too hot for comfort, nftor some squirming, ho beat n retreat to a more comfortable position, at the same time explain ing the reason. "Why," said the .... .. . osteon, jocftarly. "I thought ,n old general like you could stand fire better than that." "I never could stand firo in the renr," replied the neneral. GREELEY'S ESTATE. From the (eebestef Prmoerst A- ChresVelc Mr. Op olcy's ritaUj i.i estimate 1 bj the appraisers nt abonl $100,000. It is pretty certain, it is slated, tin t Samtiel Siocjair is indebted to Iba estate at Mail $S,000. There nr about $100,000 o bud debts nnd worthless securities. The nunrnis- , 1 era siv that Cornelius Vnndt-rbill, V t On i ',r'' s l,lt' ,Mli',u $-",()'UM borrow-Wl I-. ' ')). , mftntry, nml it will never be explained how that reckless young , fjkfin managed in got iutVi Mr. Gree- i h v's good graces .so seriously. . storv toM bome months ago is J brought to mind with this statement, i Mr. tirielec, who Imd been giatier-; mis to eung Van. I. rbill lor I lie fifth ! or sixth time, was quietly writing in j hisofRoc, when the oommotjore burst into the room and in on angry mariner remarked that lie would never pay a single penny of that borrowed money. Mr. (ireeley scarcely luf-fen I Ins p'ti to pause, and looking upjual long enough to aalr, the quee-lion, "Who asked you to? quietly wont on With his work. The commodore has b. en resolute in the de termination ex Dressed until r m . tif : hut i,ifffpif,''i ffnfi.Jirtikr'fll are lolil. ie s i i,t ins oheofe for enoh ol Mr. Qrcelev'a fti.OOO to iimigniers, ton ami uqurielle, bj-ding thai if they needed money nt any time they "might call on him, The cheeks were accepted, doubt-less; but the young ladies, it they over solicit aid from the oommoxlore, will pfobtbly present their claims in the shape of a demand. Here is the groundwork for a first-class novel : ' A blind man was crossing Broadway, when he was on the point of being run over by a reckless handsome cab driver, and, at the risk ot her own life, a benuti-ful young lady ran to his rescue and piloted the old man to the pavement In safety. A rich bachelor saw tho transaction, and straightway sought her out, was Introduced, courtel. proposed, wns accepted, nnd mtirrit-il tho heroine without loss of time. The effect of this is wonderful, Hopeful young ladies can now bo Seen standing In the vicinity of street crossings with one eye searching lor stray blind men aiid the other on the lookout for a rich bachelor, lor it would be an awful bore if they should tackle an old man and have the bachelor nowhere around. KISSING. When a young ehnp steals a kiss from an Alabama girj, she says i "I reckon It's my turn now," nnd gives him n blow 1 1 1 nt he don't forgot for n month, Wl ion a clover fellow steals n J.iss from a Louisiana girl, she smiles,blush-t-f. itewptjr, said tm,, s nothing. nm. T.- .... . -,- 4-uu -tvesicni tames, However, arc go fond Of kissing that, when saluted on ono check, they Instantly present the oilier. When a yi ting man kisses a Lowell girl, her face dints as red us a brickyard, and says smartly, "You daren't do that twice more. "'.,; An old toperwhohad been the 'rounds' enting free lunches and drinking copiously of tangle-fool whisky, got in much on his stOmnoll that said organ repelled the lend. As ho leaned against a lump post vomiting, n little dog 'happened to stop by him, when Upon he indulged in this soliloquy .'"Well, now, hern's oonu&druin. I know where I ato tho baked beans, I remember where I ato tho boiled tongue, I recollect where I got that whiskey, but I'm hanged if T can recall where I ate that littlo yaller dog." Kitty, aged three years, was try-.ing to think of a pleasant surprise for her father on his birthday. At last she cried, "I know, matmca, I know!" "What, mv dear?" "Buv mo a little sister without saying any- uiiiig to pap. It occurred to a Danbury scholar, while writing a composition, to make the remarkable statement that "an ox docs not taste as good as an oyster, but it can run faster." "Professor,'' said a student, in pursuit of knowledge, concerning tho habits of animals, "Why docs a cut, while enting, turn her head first ono wny nml then anqther?" "For tho reason," replied the Professor, "that she cannot turii it both wuvs at once." The politest man lives in Louisville, lie recently fell down a flight of stairs, spraining his ankle severe- Jy, and, on recovering himself, po litely asked the Jady of the bouse "to please excuse him for makiug so much noise." A down Enst farmer thought he could hold n playful youug bull by the tail. His widow snys he never conld stick to anything ton minutes at n time. Tho old song has boon changed to auit tho sooaon "Mother, may I go out to akato f" "Yes, my dearest daughter But come back home at half paat eight, And don't go into tho water." Tho following are supposed to be impertinent questions : To ask n minister if ho ever did anything wrong. To ask fl V.llinn In.ln ...1,.1. .. 1 , 4 -"""(. ,,, -1 1 1 t. u-oii o .1 n. W. nuJia. than ono shirt. To ask aaubaoribcr if he llas pfti, g J V. . In Boston red-haired girls are called N. B. Comer Biith and' Clientiut Sts , Phlla toad to say, but one thing is plainly uaitiiii 101

A T TO K.YJ'J YS. a. .hi. ii. owtRR. I., r. voeS, OfffiXl & noou, ,i r rui:x:ys a TLA ir, California, Miisourl W1I.T, practice ill the Circuit Cooftl Of Monit. ;iu, Miller, t'ettis, Johnson, Gole, f neper. Morgan and Oaind.n counties, and in t' B Di-trlot court mnl the Supreme com t atJt-lT-raon City. Co!lcclvtpr,t'tly miU i'lrmtghnut ml tl M JOM W. mull, iQTUI V. n llXUMS nioour. & w ILLIAMt, a rropyxys .1 r ia w, California. Missouri, WtLti attend In all bturlnssa entrusted In them frith ptOttiptne. Rtip Melltv, Bpocial ate i.ticn friven to I'ollcciinn, and al' MUtr relating t, Real Estate, IJfOfto la tbe Court Boom, ri'tf. oT i. Aiun a. iiiinr) a. nour, ATToKNLYS AT LAW, CALIFORNIA, ------ MO Will attend to ill business sppfTtalnlni to their profoss-eon in the Courts of Central Mis ouri. Special attention Riven to collection, 4. office In tho Coon book. Hi? A. . BVIiER, ATTORNEY A T LA ir, Ca'.ifsrda, SE:5urI. Wtf.L ppMHdott in the several Court, of the Firm Judicial ciicuit. Collections and other hunlnem entnuterl to life rare will receive prompt attention, OFFICE In Court hoiiM, v. yt. sjortno. A TTORlfEY . r .a i; , CaMfjmla, H'csssrl. WILL ptsettee in the sovoral Courts ol MonltMU Co., nd adjoining Coantlee, Also In the Supreme Court of the Slut,', and In the Circuit anil District CntrM of tho Dulled States, Wiil pay special attention to oollcc-tion of Hack Fay, Bounty, Pensions, he. All business entrusted to him will receive prompi stuntion, H O T I I S 7"' IIAZ5.I.I. HOUSE. ICTLY OIM'OSITK RAtl.ROAU I'UPOT, rirrox, mo. COLE k KKLLKY Prnpriotors, MPLtXTF.RS HOUSE. A shout liliTAXCll south or Tint nrroT. MBforiU K.sssuri. ). n.TOLT.K. Proprietor. TIIK proprietor having rented the nhovo named house. It is now opon lor the accommodation ol the traveling public, ami ho hope." lir strictly at-teuditiB tho wants of Ms- irtiests, to merit iiia share of patronage, Hills moder Bt c, ,' 60-if. U. a. KHEPAalO, zsgSggluS OAI.irOFcNIA, MO. Ico X E, comer pnhllo h i aver J, ! Wood's Store, r. C. :. F.5.V, 3DE1STXIST, TlVTOlf, MISSOURI, Offers h! profession tl services to the i.,ii of Tipton arid vicinity. All work i iiited. 89ly, cltl wur J T. Bi IIR1T ('RAT & R 3 .'Tpi. a J. K'.'SSM. Physlcis. ns nnd Surgootis. Olncu one door south of J, D..Woorl' store, tidurf-tloiiso Square, -i-;iy 1 FRATK UESfT IBEH AND I1AII ;I3 DKE8SER, unk 1 :- '.YKSI or TUR RANK Oallfornla, .issoar!. PIIAVIM), Bhanipoontng, Whiskers Hair oolorad in the most Rpprovod stylo GE0a3B ROE5, LUMB EH MF.RC II ANT. California, Mo. A largo lot of lumber of nil klmls kept con- atantly on hand, Orders solicited. Oflieo ami Yard noar RallrpQiI Pop"!. INSURE WITH THE TRIUMPH I.VS VXMJVV IS V OM i . IYT, CINCINNATI, OHIO. Cash Capital ovor - $500,000 J. B. BENNETT, VrtfoW, O. E.IUIIiD, Agent, Oallforrils, Mo. Office in the Court house. 49 New Furniture store. C- :f neichwits, has Httptl un th Blaferoon rooontly ocou- nted by I. F. Uotttorlv, noxtdoor to MmichV n4VMMlhop, north of t tie Court homo ; ami linn rcostnod 11 Urso mnl varied itMortmsnt of OABINKT KURMTUKK, tool d I UK nil ftrtldci usually enbrftOfd In the tnnle. Bflgoodfl ftffl tho H.'si Iflnlerial, Superior Workmanship, and raost FasSiionabZe Styles. Would roipuotftiUy Infom tho publio tli:it ho In still r.roniuvil to furnish UKA.DY MADK COFFIN'S, of all llSQP, and ftpprOVOd styles, mad of the bMt Blnok Walnht and othor lumbers All ordor H 1 1 pvniptly nml on hod notieo, as cheap as can be done any where. B8 WILLIAM F. M E Y E R FA Sill ON A R L E TA ILOll, (South-west corner of tho Public Square.) alifornla, Missouri. ITrta on hand u laflti ItOCk of C LOTUS, US1MB&SS, RB4DI-MADH CLOTHING 1 He Is also prepared to cut and make all kinds of eVeiiff emen'a Clollilitf;, in the Best & Must Fashionable Style California liode, NO, 1H3 A. F. k A. MASONS. reohegular Conimunicationcvcry fourth Satur Uinamonth, at their Hall, N. C. Rick. W. M. E.idir, Bec'y WILLIAM MEYER. OARPENTIjR AND BUILDER. California, Missouri. Shop on slain stivel, caBt of Smith's Wagon and Carriage Factory JIEJ0I' JtIMK!VOFFIjrS kept constantly on hand, or made to order, of all styles, and at low rate. FINAL SETTLEMENT. "VTOTICK Is lureh.v given that the undersign--lied administrator of the Batata of l'Vltv Fry, deceased, will apply at the licit term of the Probate Court of Moniteau County, to Be held in the Court House in California, for a final settlement ol UU accounts as admiimtra-tor of said estate. KRANOIG M. KUV, Admr Moniteau I-t- E. HXJKTTIlSrOTOTSr, EDITOR, VOL. 7. ' tSWtANS k 8URQK0X8. oKl'lilts tlietr profeMtoni serrleel to the eltlsetlS ol t'ulifonii.1 and virinitv. t'alll in tin- ',y or oountry ptomptly attended to, lilher In day 01 uigbt, DfflCi itwHb of 1'lan-en Holme. .Wis. f. UAnjVm atst, MILLINER AND DRESS-MAKER, Out I)mr .VorlA of AnJM Star, High Strict Cuir-nMA, Mo. !I(iir-work, l?l Baling, nr Jvamptnr,; done tr iirder. J. M. HARD T, OENFRAL DBAI.BR IN OR A IK, RfACIIIlVBIIY AGRICULTURftf " IPLEMETNS. i ltd: now cm h:inil n v.irietv of" the rerv heat PLOWS, REAPERS MOWERS, ijient lor the following Insurance Compa llir. rig : EqtUtnblo, (HfelJfeaj Vork,Mets, 15,00n, fino ; American Central, (Ufa) Capital Btook, $1,871! 000) Anchor, (Firo) Capital S-,nc'., 5tH),MH), t i; rnoae aanting Agricultural imp. nii-iit or Insurance will Jo well to call on J, It. Krir.lv. 4,-tf maw goods. J. 0. EffliffARDT, ITas Jii'tst tec, ivel a new stock ol floods, R'dee- ted with cre:it cmc from the hrst in the Mar- t, am! ihercfhre TkeRest Assortment Krcr brought to tho city, conststlnfftn part of IDT."- GOODS, OROCERfEB, BOOTS efi Siloes. HATS i CAPS, FURNISHING GOODS, 4to. Store south of Pcpot. Til R 'S i I V c r T o n r u e OEiO-isrs, MANL'ACTtTRKn DY M3, 14.1 i 117 Ka t 'air.tl Street, New York. F.aTAnttsnin in 1846, Renponallile pnrttes npplytng for ngonolos m leotloui till unHuppUed.will receive proront ttf-ution and liberal Ittdnaeraont'n. Pertlea residing at a dUtitnoe from our authorUed 'titi may order rroin our laetory. Bond lor ll us tm ted prleo lint. JOTLXlx WOOD respectfully asfea the attention of lili old ouetoinura nnd the public to the fart hat he U itill on hand at tho Oil BaUblithed dtand. Korthpaat comer ol Courtdiouae Scfuttre with a full i-tiick and ABSfltinent ol New and Seasonable Goods oonslsttng of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, BOOTS AND SHOES, Hats Caps itv. with other Articles usually kept on salo In a well managed Store nil of which ho is rcad.t to OXCliehgQ lor Cash or Product! at)low price::. Abo, constantly on hand at his FURNITURE STORE, Bureaus. Tables. Bedsteads, Chairs, Safes, fee,, with all klnna of Furulsulng Guod.. Dooetnbar, 17'. ;;ltf AMERICAN INSURENCE COMPANV OF CHICAGO ILLINOIS. ORGANIZED, A. D. 1840. The wheel of time i pflwlni tbfl rnmpnny along th roud of Hie rapidly steadily, and SUeoeflSfttlly. From this point in it? journey let us took back at its record of 1S71, a year of tine unparalted In the htatOTy of men. It is known that in a single, night hundreds of millions of property wero destroyed In t he treat city of Chlbagn, and scores of our beet insurance comp;iiie.i were ruined. Ttuohgli the oenral destruction of property the "OLD AMKlilCAN" has tri'.impliant'y pasted unburt it Is asked why did not tho old company meet the faro of .so many Others, then eojuftlly solvent ? The answer is re .id" at hand : Simply because nothing but dwelling houses, bars and their contents, farm proper tv, churches, nnd school houses, are insured. No ooi)flagratlon imaginable can ever ruin the "Old American." To-day the xtronfjeti Farmer;' Insuranca Company In the world. Ve would respectfully solicit the patronage of all having property of the above class. McOOilMIC k SOIIXNCK, District Agents for Moniteau, Movfan, Cooper, Cole aixl Osutjc Counties. Ageits wanted in each of the above named counties. Call on or addresst CHAS. McCOliMJC, Office with 0. M. Gordon, Bit., iriO California, Mo. LIVERY STABLE FOUNTAIN & BISHOP. having purchased of Pavid Bishop, the old Established Stable and Stock, on Oak Street, i, prepared to continue the busiues, of keeping a Livery, Feed nnd Sale, STABLE. He has, at all times, for hire, SADDLE AND BUGGY HOUSES. HACKS, Eic. on reasonable terms. Mo has taken special pains to select home, with regard to salety, as well as speed uid gait. II is Stable is comfortable, with an ample supply of good water, making it very desirable for boarding horses by the duy week or month. 6; IT OALiFOBM A. MISSOURI, THURSDAY, 3$ Pti-iiB.i.iy.- t,.- v,..,a j - fvu of nt". 5 IS AM ADVOCATE OK Sound Republican Principles, An exponent of ndvnncecl thought nnd progressive politics, and a newipnper fully up to the require incuts of the time ;is n chronicle of current events at homo m.l abroad the world's history, it"; commerce nml its literature. It will be trnc to the mission of a great newspaper seeking to teach I he highest nnd best principles in politics, and to till, as to all other ile-partments within its columns, tho poet's measure of "A map of bmy life, Its fluctuations nml Its vast concerns." TERMS: DAILY. 7 tlmc3 a week, per year en no 0 " 1 12 OK) 3 copies 1 club, 11 03 00 5 copies 1 club, " ' m Oo Any additional number 3io jo each. TBI-WEEKLY. 1 copy out) year $ 0 00 3 oopics l efub, per year ir oo 8 " " 27 00 10 " " 11 " to 00 Any additional number o each. WKBKLY. Slnglo copies $3 00 Clubs of B, each i 78 Clubs oflO. each 1 r,0 Any additional number $i ro each, On these very low rates vc will give all agents who get up clubs for ns a liberal commission. Ccn' 1 .'. . Apt,,, i r lars and instructions to agents. No papers sent unless paid for in advance. Money sent to ns in registered letters, money orders, drafts, or by express, at our risk. Address, St. Louis Democrat Co., St. I.oula. Look A Cliiotuo, at tho Premiums ! "Our Darling," to eve Subscriber. FOB, 1373, OODEY'S LAD Y'S BOO K. Tho OlAttt Uajaz'r.o la Aasrioa, FN I ARBLL E LED P 1 ! K M I u J r. One never olfcrcd by any tnagastne, pttbor in thlaaonntry or in E.arope, Since wc are forced into this bualiioaji, as we are datarmluod to make it difficult for others to follow us, Let us see who will conic up to this I A Miror.io - " OH! DARtilXG " To every subscriber, whetlicr single or In a club Terra. (ne copy one year - $;t ml Two copies one year . .1 00 Three copies one year - 7 on Four copies one year - - - - luuu Five copies one year, and un extra copy to the person getting up the club' making six copies. M 00 Fight copies, ono year, and an extra copy to the person getting up the club making nine copies. 21 00 Kleven eqptet, ono year, and an extia copv to the person getting up the club, making twelve copies. 27 ,10 Twenty-throe copies, one joar, and an extra copy to tho parson getting up the club, making twenty, sour copies 85 00 Let it be understood that, everv Retbsorlbar. and the getter up of a-club, w ill have the beautiful ChronKI of "OTT.H, 15-A.E.LllSrGi-" Sent to them, free of Postage? (IT IS A PiltFHOT DlJOU.) The price of the Chrome iu the ator.'B is Three Dollars, And any suhseri cer in a club, Of single subscriber, who may wish to have " Om D inuMi" mounted on stiff llii-tol hoard, and ready lor IValtmng, can have it so prepared and sent by remitting twenty-live cents extra at the. time of subscribing. To the getter up of a club of 6 or 0 copies, we will send an exUa premium, a copy of "The tiller" or the "The Acceptance" This in addition to " Our Hurling." To the getter up of a club of 12 copies, we will send both ot the Ohromoa " The Offer" and Tbo Acceptance," along with "Our Dulling" or "Asking a lllisiing" and "Our Darling." VeThe premiums arc only forwarded when the remittance Is sent to us. fSfWhcn the subscribers all reside at ono place, the premiums will all bo suit to tho person who sends the club for distribution' DfTThe person Bonding $;i,uo eun havo his choice of " Tho Offer," " The Acceptance," or " Our Darllne." tSTThe money must be sent at ono time for any ot the clubs, and additions may be made to clubs at olub rutoa. The LADY'S HOOK will be aent to any post-ollicu where the subscriber may reside, and subscriptions may oomince with any month In tho year. We can always supply buck numbers, kpcc'tmsn numbers will be scut on i-ccotpl uf 25 cents, HOW TO UK MIT. In remitting by Mail, a PosT-orrcs Okpkh on Philadelphia, or a Diiakt on Philadelphia or Em York, payable to the order of L. A. CODKV, is preferable to bank notes. It a draft or a Post-office Order cannot bo procured, send United States or National Dauk Notes. Address L, A. CODEY. un: MissoiiRtt M:,-iisi,.'n'KK. '' i 'Co'lctfJIS" t;i .! n-.l y ,:,l,io ' li-tp iii tho Work of cxixumiir tin- li....-.vii. of thBJJSTcti-ll'o'.oiK of tho S'iatr;:il IlrilicrJ l&jvi'st ignt in- Con. in; (,.,-, n-,. enn noijBp' less tlnui second " ' ': " ' '" ''M the lift, r its.1,-ss-' : t' e M,sft L (-:.,!., I:, re. ' t" Cm - .'luiioii!, w lu.v, ji!r.'n.ly !' J!'.-.!, it r.'ilta clitoriu !i fn.tii l.'.t..ri '! I lidiig , ,-, the fm- 'c,,.,tllJSSOJts.,l, i it,,,,,-. tl'.o M- ot" inn n-ifStv ,v. ,,.,.. the Moborty Mo ', all of which pro- n ounce the inrot Won n force, and I bewails its infiu, on the Demoeraov , ol the State. Tel it might have ndded tho testira) tho IVtempbis JlerrWe, ':.! .. ! , 1 "Tlio majority of Ric committee have i completely waihed oit the dirty linen i which has been baadhg abonl the well- I ron&ded form of Colonel Bogy ever sinoe hia election. Tho ponxmittO sny they 'find no ovii'eneo, either directly or indirectly, to ffimitiate the Senator I eleft, Hon, L, V. Bogy, and we fully i exonerate him.' Tho majority report iH ; nothing more tli.i has been anticipated for some time, we nro not prepared to say that votes we-e bottght for Mr. Horry, lint we nro will convinced tinil t!i" Democrntie party f this State eonld not afford to acknowledge such to lio the met. Indoed, from tho very day the committee wits rased there lets been an immense pressure brought tn bear to make the investigation ns light as poa FtlAe. The mot important witnesses were lot off on nrrcnend denial of knowing nothing of the matter, while Oen. Don-is and others were nevor brought np for examination at till. Poor D6rria i.--. charged with an attempt to bribe two other members." Tho Richland Sentinel, whose ardor in the Democrntie faith has never been questioned, joins in the general complaint as follows : "Nothing could be more short-sighted on the part of the members of that committee than a partial, unsatisfactory report. Whnt object could we have in covering up crime ? Would it in any way advance the interest of the Reform Movement'? It would be the shortest road to its destruction. Would it advance the interests of our government ? It would be simply aiding those who lire "'"""iy striking 4ljr blows at the very vitals of tho nation. Let US have a new committee. Let us have a tlior- OUgll searching investi; lotion. Let those punishment due 3 vindication duo Implicated receive the outraged justiee, or tl njnred innooenoe," The Hillsborough (Jefferson County; Democrat, while endeavoring to take a neutral position, admits : "As the ease stands now, Bogy is under suspicion, to say the least ; and us there is no occasion for haste In closing tho investigation, we think the committee should bo discharged, so long as there ia any prospect f getting now evidence."The Lebanon Chronicle, referring to the report started by the Republican that Bogy, although publicly asking for an investigation, neeretly opposed it a report which our contemporary on Sunday repeated its willingness to vouch for says : "Bogy is not yet satisfied, no wants another investigation to satisfy the people concerning Senator Headlee's minority report. The reason ho appears so anxious is only for effect, however, knowing that any investigating committee that may be appointed by tho Legislature Will do nothing more than the present ono has done that i, simply to screen him, or any one else who may bo guilty, from exposures. Do give us a rest from such shames." The Lexington Caucasian, with its' usual independence, publishes tho following editorial advertisement for the benefit- of its Democratic readers : "Wanted I3y a Democratic Legislature, at Jefferson City, 600,000 political whitewash -brushes, each capable of sweeping over a half acre of scouudrelis-tic stains at a single stroke. Apply immediately to tho 'Rcf orni'-yelping Bogus Investigators." The, Nodaway Democrat says : "Some of our readers probably wonder that they do not see moro legisla tive news, but they will no doubt bo more surprised to learn that getting railroad passes, introducing bills of no importance, voting daily newspapers to the members, nnd drawing pay regular ly, is about all that has boon done at Jofler8on this winter. Tho people of this county would like to boo the Legis lature adjourn at once." The Mexico Intelligencer, another well-known Democratic organ, soya : "The two Houaea of the Legislature are dragging their alow length along, just ns though there was no pressing necessity for legislation, and aa though the people 'of tho State had no other tax to pay, save that which is nocessary to the support of a uo-uothiug Legislature. Whether it is for want of dilligenoo and industry, or for want of ability iu the aggregate, or from a wanton disposition to prolong the session, or to necessitate an adjourned session, we will not pre siH it, tliesc lav of Journal. ITERMS- Sl.CO, IIST ADVANCE MARCH 0, 187; 1 ,,,,mif,.,, Olid Unit ia, that BOtntMNtite- ly iiotliinrr ha i hen dotM no far, nnd wo are left almost with hope thai nny legislation of Importance v,ii! hp effected hc-(ete tile finnl inljoninmotit. "Qiu rr Wouldn't Mm,miri lo well to dispense with nil Utgialation for the not ten years ? " St. Louis Vcmovrat. THB C11KDIT MoltlUKi;. On July 1, lMi2, congn ss passed a law Incorporating the "Union Pacific railroad company" ami to aid he enterprise gave the company large iracis oi public lands ami nil oancil it. fix per cent S. hnndatn ie delivered to it as sections of fbrtv 1 miles ol lilt! road were coiim ete.-l of tho rood all.l c.i.l bor,lo flrst mortgage on the railroad and nil other property of the company. Furthermore, till compensation lor services rendered the government were to go to payment Ol ,s:iid bonds Alld interest. On July '2nd, 1 m! ! this net WOS repealed through the effort, of the company. The government gave up its first nnd took a second mort-gnge on the road, and provided that only half the compensation for services rendered the government should be set apart lor payment ol the bonds. At the time ol the passage of this net there wns in Penn SyTvanin a sort of speculating com- pany, oalleri the "rennnylvania Vt- d Agency, whose charter allowed its incorporators to do almost anything. This ngency was bought bv a number of shrewd stockholders of the Union Pacific ami its title was changed to the "Credit Mobilier of America." Forthwith tlice stockholders and officers of the Union Pacific railroad company, contracted with themselves as the Credit Mobilier, to build the Union Pacific road. As the Union Pacific wns receiving mil lions from the government in the shape ol United States bonds, nnd other millions from the sale of its own first mortgage bonds and from the proceeds of slock fold, money to nny the Credit Mobilier for its labors was abundant, Thus money was ladled out of the Union Pacific into the Credit Mobilier treasury or out of the pockets of the stockhold ers nnmr into tin ir pockets ngnin Every cent, paid Into tho Union Pacific treasury above the bare cost I of construction was paid over to the I Credit Mobilier, thus rendering the dividends of the latter miraculously I large amounting to about '270 per, cent. As above stated, by the act of' duly 1st, ISOi it was provided that only half the compensation lor ser- vices rendered the government should go to pay the boi.ds instead of all such compensation as by net of July 1st, 1862, Tho Secretary of the Treasury contended that the other half ol such compensation should go to pay the interest on said bonds, but the Union Pacific com pany insisted that it should be paid In money to themselves the Union Pacific, . s,, the Credit Mobilier. Here was a tangle, which the shrewd stockholders determined to unweave to suit their own interests, by fixing the matter by legislation. Congressmen had to tic won over. The scheme was to sell Credit Mo bilier stock 'enormously valuable to congressmen at par, allowing them the dividends duo on the stock as part payment for the stock itself in stead of the cash. Thus congress men were absolutely given shares in the Credit Mobilier in other words wero bribed for their votes in lavor of the company's measures. For instance, a member bought twetitv shares at par or for $2,000 oni which ' there wa.s already due a dividend of 80 per cent. He just paid the dif ference between this dividend due and the $2,000 with interest added, or ho paid $534 72 for the $2,000. That is he got $2,000 for $084 72 ; therefore $2,000 less $534 72, which is $1405 28, were given to him. Rut as the $2,000 of stock was worth 200 per cent abovs par while it was sold to him at par, ho really cot KMvu, logeiner w in me net value ,rooo .1 '.! .1 . , o 00 per cer t, uiv ucnu uueon saut stock, worth 141 bonds 97, being tl ... : oiic.fl-700 (uL u:.C ho paid $,)3-i: 72, or about 8 per cent, of itw real vtdue. The procedure is a trifle intricate, but by study can be easily oompro-hended. It will be seen the transaction had the appearance of fairness and legitimacy, and could not be reached by legal prosecution, but was in reality n shrewd way of bribing members of congress. The result was a law was passed in March, 1871, giving half the compensation for services rendered the government, to tho railroad company or the Credit Mobilier, which in right and justice should have gono to pay iutercst on the government bonds. Tho sum amounted to between four nnd six million dollars, all of which the people are swindled out of by these sharpers. now Indians ARE CHKATEr), Congress gave, as one approprla, i Hon for the encouragement ami neccs- I !ties of the roterVO, the sum of$100, jf'00. This spiendod donation was I transferred, by legislative blundering , to the care nml tender mercies of distant and uusynipatblalng OQIMlle : sinners, who bought with It, for tho I use of the resorvo, n large quantity of j material, which after many months' b l.iv. at length reached there. The selection of the goods, il will be ob-i served, had been made without coun-i eel With IllOSe Who, hating been on no- iwavrve irom its Inrth, were thereby so well qualified to lodge of what was required in a q wHur., aftfli- tiy ami suiiamotu'.a , 10 do ueii inero, a ooara 01 oincors ' was ordered to convene, at (ho In I stnuoo of Oen. Csrleton, I believe to j examine ami report upon them. Jusl as on military supplies received by ! officers. Thi had not been the ense before; i goods supplied by Hie Indian Department had always been received by the Indian agents, with tho same com- tnctldoblo liberality and absence ,,f I troublesome Investigation into in-! voices which characterized their die- 1 trtbutloU to Indians, who are not in i the habit of entering nny written pro- j 'est. or forwarding charges and BpoC' mentions tor maucasance, ngainti I their agents, i was proscut uuring the examination ol these goods, and carefully noted the expressions of astonishment nnd disgust which por-mealed the speech and visages of the members of the board during the In- vcstlgatlon, No language can do justice to tho Ingenuity with which parties have managed to relieve their stores of a largequanltly of rusty, old fashioned, unserviceable nnd unsuitable plows. loft-Iron spades, rakes and hoes, knives andhatohots, coarse, gaudy calicoes and muslin, thin and , tliinsy, shoddy cloth and blankets, I particular recollected the blankets, because 1 took one pair to tho scales, and by accurate weight found they j weighed tour and half pounds; and as a single government blanket, such as is issued to troops weighs live and a : half pounds, and costs $1 60, tho i reader can judge of the honesty of an I ii,o.;- wMok Uf.igtl tjQ'J V"'v j for such articles, The labors of the . board closed by sending for the post stith-r, a gentleman of acknowledged rccititude, extensive commercial experience, well posted in current market prices, and requesting him to render them an estimate ol the prob able value of the articles nresonted. His answer, after a careful survey of tho entire lot, was- "Out here, they ; were worth about 980,000." So some-I body made !i7(l,(i!:n easily, and also added another link to the long chain j of Indian complications, forged by ', our unwise and unjust Indian policy, : and to tho traditional distrust of the Indians for the white man's honesty. - Overland Honesty. RATHER MIXED. From the Ilckinnn (Ky.,) Courier. A family ol this county afford the j following labyrinthian problem of relationship, which wc submit for : the solution ol the curiously dis-I posed : James Threlkold, m v father, mar- rled Miss Linnie P. Maddox ; Geo. D. Threlkeld, my nephew, married Miss Addie ! wile's sister. Maddox, my father's my liiuicr iniH unit- : I ,lr 1, , cl, I,,-,- ,! I.IV.,1 1.1 V u III, 'Ml, , .001 111 , nephew has children by his present wile my step mother's sister. Loth j my father and nephew wero previ-: ously married and have children by their lust wives. 1 am puzzled to kll0W lll0 relationship which now exists Between my miner s ami my nephew's children to each other and to myself. Further, my sisters, Nannie and Melissa Threlkeld, married father and son (W. 1). Alexander, and his son, K. M. Alexander.) Therefore, father and son becamebrothers-in-law. Geo. B. Threlkeld'i my nephew first wife was a Miss Alex- " antler Wi l. Alexanders niece , nml M. Alexander's cousin. Ceo - B Threlkeld, by ids first marriage, became his atari f-ither's nanhV 1 ut,imo step-Winers nepnew, and by his second marriage became his step father's uncle, and also great uncle to his step-brother, and his step-brother became his uncle by marriage with his present wife my sister. The question of relationship between the families is the point we arc anxious to have solved. George Washington was once at a dinner party where his host had set him with his back to a fiery red hot stpve. Finding it too hot for comfort, nftor some squirming, ho beat n retreat to a more comfortable position, at the same time explain ing the reason. "Why," said the .... .. . osteon, jocftarly. "I thought ,n old general like you could stand fire better than that." "I never could stand firo in the renr," replied the neneral. GREELEY'S ESTATE. From the (eebestef Prmoerst A- ChresVelc Mr. Op olcy's ritaUj i.i estimate 1 bj the appraisers nt abonl $100,000. It is pretty certain, it is slated, tin t Samtiel Siocjair is indebted to Iba estate at Mail $S,000. There nr about $100,000 o bud debts nnd worthless securities. The nunrnis- , 1 era siv that Cornelius Vnndt-rbill, V t On i ',r'' s l,lt' ,Mli',u $-",()'UM borrow-Wl I-. ' ')). , mftntry, nml it will never be explained how that reckless young , fjkfin managed in got iutVi Mr. Gree- i h v's good graces .so seriously. . storv toM bome months ago is J brought to mind with this statement, i Mr. tirielec, who Imd been giatier-; mis to eung Van. I. rbill lor I lie fifth ! or sixth time, was quietly writing in j hisofRoc, when the oommotjore burst into the room and in on angry mariner remarked that lie would never pay a single penny of that borrowed money. Mr. (ireeley scarcely luf-fen I Ins p'ti to pause, and looking upjual long enough to aalr, the quee-lion, "Who asked you to? quietly wont on With his work. The commodore has b. en resolute in the de termination ex Dressed until r m . tif : hut i,ifffpif,''i ffnfi.Jirtikr'fll are lolil. ie s i i,t ins oheofe for enoh ol Mr. Qrcelev'a fti.OOO to iimigniers, ton ami uqurielle, bj-ding thai if they needed money nt any time they "might call on him, The cheeks were accepted, doubt-less; but the young ladies, it they over solicit aid from the oommoxlore, will pfobtbly present their claims in the shape of a demand. Here is the groundwork for a first-class novel : ' A blind man was crossing Broadway, when he was on the point of being run over by a reckless handsome cab driver, and, at the risk ot her own life, a benuti-ful young lady ran to his rescue and piloted the old man to the pavement In safety. A rich bachelor saw tho transaction, and straightway sought her out, was Introduced, courtel. proposed, wns accepted, nnd mtirrit-il tho heroine without loss of time. The effect of this is wonderful, Hopeful young ladies can now bo Seen standing In the vicinity of street crossings with one eye searching lor stray blind men aiid the other on the lookout for a rich bachelor, lor it would be an awful bore if they should tackle an old man and have the bachelor nowhere around. KISSING. When a young ehnp steals a kiss from an Alabama girj, she says i "I reckon It's my turn now," nnd gives him n blow 1 1 1 nt he don't forgot for n month, Wl ion a clover fellow steals n J.iss from a Louisiana girl, she smiles,blush-t-f. itewptjr, said tm,, s nothing. nm. T.- .... . -,- 4-uu -tvesicni tames, However, arc go fond Of kissing that, when saluted on ono check, they Instantly present the oilier. When a yi ting man kisses a Lowell girl, her face dints as red us a brickyard, and says smartly, "You daren't do that twice more. "'.,; An old toperwhohad been the 'rounds' enting free lunches and drinking copiously of tangle-fool whisky, got in much on his stOmnoll that said organ repelled the lend. As ho leaned against a lump post vomiting, n little dog 'happened to stop by him, when Upon he indulged in this soliloquy .'"Well, now, hern's oonu&druin. I know where I ato tho baked beans, I remember where I ato tho boiled tongue, I recollect where I got that whiskey, but I'm hanged if T can recall where I ate that littlo yaller dog." Kitty, aged three years, was try-.ing to think of a pleasant surprise for her father on his birthday. At last she cried, "I know, matmca, I know!" "What, mv dear?" "Buv mo a little sister without saying any- uiiiig to pap. It occurred to a Danbury scholar, while writing a composition, to make the remarkable statement that "an ox docs not taste as good as an oyster, but it can run faster." "Professor,'' said a student, in pursuit of knowledge, concerning tho habits of animals, "Why docs a cut, while enting, turn her head first ono wny nml then anqther?" "For tho reason," replied the Professor, "that she cannot turii it both wuvs at once." The politest man lives in Louisville, lie recently fell down a flight of stairs, spraining his ankle severe- Jy, and, on recovering himself, po litely asked the Jady of the bouse "to please excuse him for makiug so much noise." A down Enst farmer thought he could hold n playful youug bull by the tail. His widow snys he never conld stick to anything ton minutes at n time. Tho old song has boon changed to auit tho sooaon "Mother, may I go out to akato f" "Yes, my dearest daughter But come back home at half paat eight, And don't go into tho water." Tho following are supposed to be impertinent questions : To ask n minister if ho ever did anything wrong. To ask fl V.llinn In.ln ...1,.1. .. 1 , 4 -"""(. ,,, -1 1 1 t. u-oii o .1 n. W. nuJia. than ono shirt. To ask aaubaoribcr if he llas pfti, g J V. . In Boston red-haired girls are called N. B. Comer Biith and' Clientiut Sts , Phlla toad to say, but one thing is plainly uaitiiii 101